| Notable people | Job category | Board memberships | Total board earnings | University compensation | University and board compensation | How much board earnings increase university compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, president | Other college leaders | $315,000 - Marathon Oil Corporation $286,835 - International Business Machines Corporation $257,738 - FedEx Corporation $198,650 - Public Service Enterprise Group $194,461 - Medtronic Inc. $101,718 - NYSE Euronext* |
$1,354,402 | $1,771,877 | $3,126,279 | 76.4% |
| Scott S. Cowen, Tulane U., president | Other college leaders | $253,750 - American Greetings Corporation $217,557 - Newell Rubbermaid Inc. $163,490 - Forest City Enterprises Inc. |
$634,797 | $910,000 | $1,544,797 | 69.8% |
| Donna E. Shalala, U. of Miami president | Other college leaders | $237,803 - Mednax Inc. $126,062 - Lennar Corporation $109,534 - Gannett Company* |
$473,399 | $1,162,419 | $1,635,818 | 40.7% |
| Jared L. Cohon, Carnegie Mellon U., president | Other college leaders | $243,193 - Ingersoll-Rand PLC $227,458 - Lexmark International Inc. |
$470,651 | $816,726 | $1,287,377 | 57.6% |
| Robert A. Brown, Boston U., president | Other college leaders | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | $259,376 | $1,142,307 | $1,401,683 | 22.7% |
| Robert J. Birgeneau, U. of California at Berkeley, chancellor | Other college leaders | Cabot Microelectronics Corporation | $229,653 | $425,508 | $655,161 | 54.0% |
| Mark A. Emmert, U. of Washington, former president; now head of the National Collegiate Athletic Association | Former college leaders | $214,978 - Expeditors International of Washington Inc. $148,963 - Weyerhaeuser Company n/a - Omnicare Inc. |
$363,941 | $905,004 | $1,268,945 | 40.2% |
| B. Joseph White, U. of Illinois system, former president | Former college leaders | $143,655 - Equity Residential $141,750 - Kelly Services Inc. |
$285,405 | $245,498† | $530,903 | 116.3% |
| William R. Brody, Johns Hopkins U., former president | Former college leaders | $264,796 - International Business Machines Corporation | $264,796 | $3,821,886† | $4,086,682 | 6.9% |
| John T. Casteen III, U. of Virginia, former president | Former college leaders | $251,823 - Altria Group n/a - Strayer Education Inc. |
$251,823 | $703,648 | $955,471 | 35.8% |
| Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State U. system, former president | Former college leaders | $191,000 - United States Steel Corporation* | $191,000 | $800,592 | $991,592 | 23.9% |
| Steven B. Sample, U. of Southern California, former president | Former college leaders | $182,564 - Intermec Inc. | $182,564 | $1,395,178 | $1,577,742 | 13.1% |
| Lawrence S. Bacow, Tufts U., former president | Former college leaders | $145,000 - Boston Properties Inc. n/a - Lowes Corporation |
$145,000 | $739,393 | $884,393 | 19.6% |
| Paul Danos, Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business dean | Business | $369,800 - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. $267,136 - General Mills Inc. |
$636,936 | $592,224 | $1,229,160 | 107.5% |
| Edward A. Snyder, Yale U., School of Management dean | Business | $490,460 - Career Education Corporation | $490,460 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia U., Graduate School of Business dean | Business | $256,584 - MetLife Inc. $195,500 - Automatic Data Processing Inc. |
$452,084 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| James W. Bradford Jr., Vanderbilt U., School of Management dean | Business | $111,438 - Genesco Inc. $170,511 - Granite Construction Inc. $154,830 - CLARCOR Inc. |
$436,779 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| James D. Plummer, Stanford U., School of Engineering dean | Engineering | $701,300 - Intel Corporation $157,505 - International Rectifier Corporation n/a - Cadence Design Systems Inc. |
$858,805 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ilesanmi Adesida, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering dean | Engineering | $214,917 - Fluor Corporation* | $214,917 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mark R. Laret, U. of California at San Francisco, Medical Center chief executive officer | Medicine | $316,460 - Nuance Communications Inc. $310,051 - Varian Medical Systems Inc. |
$626,511 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Victor J. Dzau, Duke U., Health System president and chief executive officer | Medicine | $260,000 - PepsiCo Inc. $179,461 - Medtronic Inc. $163,661 - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
$603,122 | $3,276,166 | $3,879,288 | 18.4% |
| Robert J. Alpern, Yale U., School of Medicine dean | Medicine | $230,830 - Abbott Laboratories | $230,830 | $703,635 | $934,465 | 32.8% |
| Edward D. Miller, Johns Hopkins U., Medicine chief executive officer | Medicine | $222,500 - CareFusion Corporation | $222,500 | $1,536,739 | $1,759,239 | 14.5% |
| Pascal J. Goldschmidt, U. of Miami, Miller School of Medicine dean | Medicine | $171,908 - Mednax Inc. $32,986 - OPKO Health Inc.* n/a - Health Management Associates Inc. |
$204,894 | $1,117,918 | $1,322,812 | 18.3% |
| David A. Brandon U. of Michigan, director of intercollegiate athletics |
Athletics | $208,357 - TJX Companies* $126,981 - Kaydon Corporation $90,000 - Herman Miller Inc. $82,572 - DTE Energy Company n/a -Domino's Pizza Inc. |
$507,910 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Sources: Board service and compensation data collected by GMI from 2011 Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Public-college president-compensation data collected by The Chronicle. Private-college president data from Internal Revenue Service Form 990. Endowment data collected by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
